Aetos, Messenia Explained

Aetos
Name Local:	Αετός
Type:	municipal unit
Periph:	Peloponnese
Periphunit:	Messenia
Pop Municunit:	1540
Pop Community:	249
Population As Of:	2021
Area Municunit:	94.85
Coordinates:	37.2833°N 70°W
Licence:	ΚΜ

Aetos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αετός meaning "eagle") is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1] The municipal unit has an area of 94.850 km².^[2] In 2021 its population was 249 for the village and 1,540 for the municipal unit. The seat of the former municipality was in Kopanaki.^[3]

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Aetos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Aetos
• Agrilia Trifylia (Nea Agrilia)
• Artiki
• Glykorrizi
• Kamari
• Kefalovrysi (Kefalovrysi, Tsertsaiika)
• Kryoneri
• Kopanaki (Kopanaki, Agios Dimitrios, Rizochori)
• Monastiri
• Polythea
• Sitochori

External links

• Statistics of Aetos from the Messenia's official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
3. Web site: Aetos Messinia Greece.com . 2023-02-28 . www.greece.com.